Draakestein - 'Paeru' - 1686

Draakestein – ‘Paeru’ – 1686

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‘Paeru’

Hortus Indicus Malabaricus

Hendrik Draakestein

The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.

Amsterdam

1686

Draakestein - 'Carim-gola' - 1686

Draakestein – ‘Carim-gola’ – 1686

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‘Carim-gola’ Hortus Indicus Malabaricus

Hendrik Draakestein

The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.

Amsterdam

1686

Besler - 'Lilium purpureum maws Dodenei'

Besler – ‘Lilium purpureum maws Dodenei’

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Besler – ‘Lilium purpureum maws Dodenei’

Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.

Engravings with expert hand colouring.

Some with typical text showing through and minor spots.

Very good condition.

First Edition. 1613

53 cm x 43 cm unframed

Framed: 89 cm x 74 cm

Besler - "Acoruscumfuoiulo" - First edition 1613

Besler – “Acoruscumfuoiulo” – First edition 1613

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“Acoruscumfuoiulo”

Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.

First edition, Elcstatt’s folio 1613, and third edtion 1713. Engravings with expert hand, colouring. Some with typical text showing through and minor spots. Very good condition.

1613

Draakestein - 'Kaida' (F4) - 1686

Draakestein – ‘Kaida’ (F4) – 1686

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Hortus Indicus Malabaricus

Hendrik Draakestein

‘Kaida’
The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.

Amsterdam

1686

62 cm x 75 cm

Donated to the Xavier “Hearts on Fire” Ball 2014
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Draakestein - 'Schem-pariti' (46) - 1686

Draakestein – ‘Schem-pariti’ (46) – 1686

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Hortus Indicus Malabaricus

Hendrik Draakestein

The first complete flora from the east Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.

Amsterdam

1686

64 cm x 72 cm

Basil Besler - "Eryngium" – 1713 – CGW134484/3

Basil Besler – “Eryngium” – 1713 – CGW134484/3

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“Eryngium”

Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.

Engravings with expert hand, colouring. Some with typical text showing through and minor spots. Very good condition.

Third Edition

Paxton - 1840

Paxton – 1840

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Joseph Paxton

Magazine & Botany 1840

Hand coloured botanicals

Three – Brunonia Australis – Epacris Impressa – Mirbelia Floribunda

30 cm x 23 cm

Weinman - "Faufel Pinas" - 1736

Weinman – “Faufel Pinas” – 1736

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“Faufel Pinas”

A print by Johann Wilhelm Weinman from Phytanthoza Icongraphia

The first botanical work to use colour printed mezzotint successfully. This process was so expensive and labour intensive, the process was not repeated for several decades. One of the finest examples of printed botanical works available.

1736

65 cm x 51 cm

Weinman - "Sandalum" - 1736

Weinman – “Sandalum” – 1736

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“Sandalum”

A print by Johann Wilhelm Weinman from Phytanthoza Icongraphia

The first botanical work to use colour printed mezzotint successfully. This process was so expensive and labour intensive, the process was not repeated for several decades. One of the finest examples of printed botanical works available.

1736

65 cm x 51 cm

Besler - "Aethiopis" - Third Edition 1713

Besler – “Aethiopis” – Third Edition 1713

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“Aethiopis”

Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.

Engravings with expert hand, colouring. Some with typical text showing through and minor spots. Very good condition.

Third Edition

1713

Besler - "Maluacrifpa" - First edition 1613

Besler – “Maluacrifpa” – First edition 1613

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“Maluacrifpa”

Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.

First edition, Elcstatt’s folio 1613, and third edtion 1713. Engravings with expert hand, colouring. Some with typical text showing through and minor spots. Very good condition.

First edition

1613

Draakestein - 'Culi-taman' (F 45) - 1686

Draakestein – ‘Culi-taman’ (F 45) – 1686

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Hortus Indicus Malabaricus

‘Culi-taman’

Hendrik Draakestein

The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.

Amsterdam

1686

64 cm x 72 cm (framed)

Stock CGW134463-6.6

Besler - Narcissus Polyanthos Orientalis calice medio luteus 1613

Besler – Narcissus Polyanthos Orientalis calice medio luteus 1613

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Narcissus Polyanthos Orientalis calice medio luteus

Copper engraving. Issue with the text on verso, handcoloured very skilfully at a later date. Plate 14 published in the Hortus Eystettensis. Without doubt one of the greatest flower books ever produced in any country. The work commemorates the celebrated gardens of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, Prince Bishop of Eichstätt. The book is the earliest pictorial record of flowers in a single garden. The original drawings took sixteen years to complete. Ten artists and engravers were involved, the most important being Wolfgang Kilian of Augsburg. The author, Basilius Besler (1561-1629), was a Nuremberg apothecary and botanist. The book was completed in Autumn 1613. The copper plates survived until 1817.

First edition 1613

89 cm x 75 cm